GOOD MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON JUNE 18

HURRIYET
-- HISTORIC INVESTIGATION IN GENERAL STAFF
Following the order of General Staff Chief Gen. İlker Basbug asking to dig deep into allegations, the headquarters is getting ready for the most extensive investigation of its history. Everybody in the General Staff is sure of themselves that the document is not written within the chain of command. Because the General Staff records has been examined in detail. There is no document in circulation with that sequence number. However, there is still uncertainty about how and by whom this document was written. No one is giving out any detail on this before it is clarified. All possibilities are investigated carefully. Testimonies of the Colonel who is involved in the allegations and his colleagues were taken. All the computers they worked with were checked retrospectively.

-- WE CANNOT REMAIN SILENT
Regarding the criminal complaint filed by AKP into the claims of the "plan to eradicate AKP and Fethullah Gulen", Prime Minister Erdogan said they could not remain silent against a step against them as the ruling party.

-- IS IT DAYLIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL OR HEADLIGHTS OF A CAR APPROACHING
While commenting on the current situation in the global economic crisis, Central Bank Governor Durmus Yılmaz called on everyone to carry on with caution. "We entered the tunnel. The tunnel was dark. A light is seen from the other end of the tunnel. Is the light indicative of the exit out of the tunnel, or it the headlights of a car heading towards us," said Durmus.

MILLIYET
-- TURKEY LOCKED ON: FAKE OR REAL?
Does the signature under the "Action Plan to Fight Reactionary Movement" belong to Colonel Dursun Cicek or not? People await the result of criminal investigation impatiently. Colonel Cicek, --who allegedly prepared the document which was seized at lawyer Serdar Ozturk's office, one of the suspects of the Ergenekon case,-- was expected to give testimony to Ergenekon prosecutors. But a prosecutor said Cicek's testimony would not be taken for now. "Because military prosecutors are working on signature samples taken from Colonel Cicek. They will send those samples to us. His testimony will be taken if necessary," prosecutor Turan Colakkadi said. Colakkadi also said criminal investigation could not come up with an exact result as the paper was a photocopy, not a real one. He also said that they were in close collaboration with military prosecutors. "There is no mistrust here," he said.

-- IS IT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TUNNEL OR A HEADLIGHT?
Governor of the Turkish Central Bank Durmus Yilmaz spoke precautiously about improvements in economic figures in recent months. "This improvement is not a full recovery, it is the slowdown in the pace of setback," Yilmaz said. He also warned businessmen to be cautious and said, "we got in the tunnel, it was dark and we saw a light. Is this light a sign of exit to the other side, or is it a car coming towards us?"

SABAH
-- TREMENDOUS WEALTH OF TAX DEPARTMENT CHIEF
The 8 million TL wealth of Alanya Tax Department Chief Yıldız Agca was revealed during a court case against her. The possessions of Agca who was at large were sequestrated.

-- CAPKIN BECOMES NEW POLICE CHIEF OF ISTANBUL
Upon a decision of the Interior Ministry, 37 police chiefs were appointed to new provinces and seven others were called back to the Security Department in Ankara. Huseyin Capkin, who is actually the police chief of Izmir, was appointed as the new police chief of Istanbul. Ankara's Police Chief Ercument Yilmaz replaced Capkin in Izmir. Kayseri's Police Chief Orhan Ozdemir became the new police chief of Ankara.

-- THIS IS NOT AN ORDINARY INCIDENT
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan defined the conspiracy plan (the document that mention to eradicate AKP that was seized in Ergenekon probe) as "the clue of initiatives aiming to destroy democracy." Erdogan said, "as the ruling party, naturally we cannot remain silent to a step against us. The reasons of our criminal complaint are obvious because this is not an ordinary incident." Erdogan said that there was an ongoing process to find out whether the document was genuine, and to find the assailants.

VATAN
-- SIGNATURE TO ILLUMINATE DOCUMENT
Turkey has been locked on a signature on a military document and whether it was genuine or fake. The military prosecutor's office has launched a criminal investigation. If the signature is genuine, the prosecutors of the Ergenekon case will intervene in this case. Navy colonel Dursun Cicek was supposed to testify to Ergenekon prosecutors in Istanbul on Wednesday. However, Yavuz Senturk, the chief judge of the General Staff Military Court, gave information about their investigation and Ergenekon prosecutors decided not to listen to Cicek at the moment. Istanbul Deputy Chief Prosecutor Turan Colakkadi said, "the military court sent the colonel's testimony and signature samples to criminal investigation. They will send us the testimony and signature samples, and we will testify him if we see it necessary after our investigation." The colonel told the military prosecutor's office that he had not prepared that document and it was not his signature.

-- HE WOULD HAVE VETOED IF IT HAD BEEN GIVEN TO ME IN ITS FORMER SHAPE
The controversial mine clearing law took effect the previous day after it was ratified by President Abdullah Gul. However, discussions have not been over yet. Now, the discussions are about President Gul because the opposition who could not prevent the adoption of the law against the majority of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) hoped much from President Gul. The opposition was calling on the president not to ratify the law. According to his advisers, Gul asked his jurists to examine the law when it was being discussed at the parliament. He would have vetoed it if it had been sent to the Presidential Palace in its former shape, i.e. if it foresaw build-operate-transfer model. Gul was satisfied when the law gave priority to a tender for mine clearing and when "renting territories" was seen as the last remedy.

CUMHURIYET
-- ERGENEKON PROSECUTORS DECIDE NOT TO TAKE TESTIMONY OF COL. CICEK
Prosecutor of the Ergenkon Probe, will decide whether or not to take testimony of Colonel Dursun Cicek, who had allegedly signed the document, following the criminal examination of the document. The acting Chief Prosecutor Turan Colakkadi said, "We did not want to interrogate without evidence. We asked for other documents signed by Cicek. There are two separate ongoing criminal examinations."

-- TURKEY SHOULD MAKE CONCESSIONS IN CYPRUS
Phil Gordon who was appointed as the US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian affairs, said like all parties of the Cyprus issue, Turkey should make concessions and reach an agreement. Gordon who assessed the policies of the new administration at the U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee said, "Like everyone else, Turkey should also make concessions and reach an agreement."

RADIKAL
-- ERDOGAN RESOLUTE: "WE WILL FIND THE PERPETRATORS"
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan spoke about the document which is claimed to have been prepared at General Staff headquarters to oust the government and eradicate Fethullah Gulen congregation. Erdogan said it was not an ordinary incident. He said, "we are investigating if the document is real or fake." "This paper contains traces of an attempt to destroy democracy," Erdogan said.

-- SOCIAL LESSON FROM JUDICIARY
The husband who locks his wife to home and expect her to do the housework only and prevent her from going to school will pay 30,000 TL. The reason: social violence.

-- DESTROYING THE IMAGE AFTER GETTING ANGRY AT SARKOZY
Turkey intends to cancel "Turkey Season" that aims to promote Turkish culture in France, as the government is angry at French President Nicolas Sarkozy. But the real ones to be punished would be Turkey, friends of Turkey in France and Turkey's public image.

YENI SAFAK
-- LET'S CHECK OUT THE SIGNATURE
Colonel Dursun Cicek was called to give testimony regarding the document aiming at toppling the government but he did not go to prosecutor's office. Turan Colakkadi, deputy chief public prosecutor of Istanbul, said Cicek's testimony was postponed after the meeting of chief military prosecutor and prosecutors of the Ergenekon probe.

-- HE SHOULD LEVEL THE HOTEL DOWN!
Azeri businessman Telman Ismailov was under scrutiny by Russian President Vladimir Putin because of the hotel he constructed in Antalya on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. Now, he took one more blow from Antalya Mayor Mustafa Akaydin of the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP). Akaydin, who did not appear at the opening ceremony of the $1.4-billion luxurious hotel, asked some files from the local municipality to shut down the hotel. Putin had seized Ismailov's assets worth $2 billion.